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I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story
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I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story Paperback - 1990

by Willie Dixon; Don Snowden


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These are just a few of Willie Dixon's contributions to blues, R&B, and rock'n'roll--songs performed by artists as varied as the Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, ZZ Top, the Doors, Sonny Boy Williamson, the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Megadeth, Eric Clapton, Let Zepplin, Tesla, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jeff Healey.I Am the Blues captures Willie Dixon's inimitable voice and character as he tells his life story: the segregation of Visksburg Mississippi, where Dixon grew up; the prison farm from which he escaped and then hoboed his way north as a teenager; his equal-rights-based draft refusal in 1942; his work--as songwriter bassist, producer, and arranger--with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry which shaped the definitive Chicago blues sound of Chess Records; and his legal battles to recapture the rights to his historic catalog of songs.

From the rear cover

I Am the Blues captures Willie Dixon's inimitable voice and character as he tells his life story: the segregation of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Dixon grew up; the prison farm from which he escaped and then hoboed his way north as a teenager; his equal-rights-based draft refusal in 1942; his work - as songwriter, bassist, producer, and arranger - with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry which shaped the definitive Chicago blues sound of Chess Records; and his legal battles to recapture the rights to his historic catalog of songs.

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  • Title I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story
  • Author Willie Dixon; Don Snowden
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint; Inscrib
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press, New York
  • Date 1990-08-22
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780306804151 / 0306804158
  • Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.41 x 5.38 x 0.69 in (21.36 x 13.67 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Blues musicians - United States, Dixon, Willie
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90038862
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Don Snowden, a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times for over 15 years, has supplemented Dixon's reflections with interviews with other performers and Chess insiders, a comprehensive discography, and a list of the major artists who have recorded his songs.
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